Benefits of these snacks: 1) Loads of energy. 2) If you don’t keep these ingredients as part of your staples, this bags costs about what it would cost you to buy all the ingredients, which is handy if you’re not sure if you’ll like them. Drawback: It’s hard to stop at one serving. Definitely for disciplined snackers.
This is probably going to be my favorite week. You know I love talking about food.
This week is not about learning a new diet or the newest trends that various medical researchers have discovered will save your life. The main reason for this is that there’s not one diet that works the best for everyone. No matter how fervently a group of experts proclaim the wonders of one way of eating, there are often an equal number of experts who are just as qualified who say something different – sometimes, the exact opposite.
Does this mean that we should ignore our doctors and all other experts and just do what we want? Of course not. That’s ridiculous. Don’t ignore your doctor. You could die.
This variance in results does, however, lead me to the conclusion that, while the human body may generally function in a particular way, it is indeed a marvel. And marvels are complicated and unique.
What works best varies from runner to runner. Some runners find that they perform better on a vegan diet. Some runners feel perpetually exhausted if they aren’t eating meat. Cheese (in moderation) is a great source of calcium and protein, but not if the runner is severely lactose intolerant, because one can’t absorb nutrients from foods that one’s body can’t digest.
So while I will be talking this week about what I eat and what I don’t eat when I’m training, I will also be talking about the process of finding what fits in those categories for you. We’ll talk about decadence and moderation, because both have a place here. And Friday is devoted to those of us who are snackers (disciplined or otherwise).
M. Suzanne Terry 
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